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430 BC
ANDROMACHE
by Euripides
translated by E。 P。 Coleridge
CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY
ANDROMACHE
MAID OF ANDROMACHE
CHORUS OF PHTHIAN WOMEN
HERMIONE�察�daughter of MENELAUS and wife of Neoptolemus
MENELAUS�察�King of Sparta
MOLOSSUS�察�son of ANDROMACHE and Neoptolemus
PELEUS�察�father of Achilles
NURSE OF HERMIONE
ORESTES�察�son of Agamemnon
MESSENGER
THETIS�察�the goddess�察�wife of PELEUS
Various attendants
ANDROMACHE
ANDROMACHE
��SCENE�此�Before the temple of THETIS in Thessaly。
ANDROMACHE�察�dressed as a suppliant�察�is clinging
to the altar in front of the temple。 The palace
of Achilles is nearby。��
ANDROMACHE
O CITY of Thebes�察�glory of Asia�察�whence on a day I came to Priam's
princely home with many a rich and costly thing in my dower�察�affianced
unto Hector to be the mother of his children�察�I Andromache�察�envied
name in days of yore�察�but now of all women that have been or yet shall
be the most unfortunate�察�for I have lived to see my husband Hector
slain by Achilles�察�and the babe Astyanax�察�whom I bore my lord��
hurled from the towering battlements�察�when the Hellenes sacked our
Trojan home�察�and I myself am come to Hellas as a slave�察�though I was
esteemed a daughter of a race most free�察�given to Neoptolemus that
island´prince�察�and set apart for him as his special prize from the
spoils of Troy。 And here I dwell upon the boundaries of Phthia and
Pharsalia's town�察�where Thetis erst�察�the goddess of the sea�察�abode
with Peleus apart from the world�察�avoiding the throng of men��
wherefore the folk of Thessaly call it the sacred place of Thetis��
in honour of the goddess's marriage。 Here dwells the son of Achilles
and suffers Peleus still to rule Pharsalia�察�not wishing to assume
the sceptre while the old man lives。 Within these halls have borne a
boy to the son of Achilles�察�my master。 Now aforetime for all my misery
I ever had a hope to lead me on�察�that�察�if my child were safe�察�I
might find some help and protection from my woes�察�but since my lord in
scorn of his bondmaid's charms hath wedded that Spartan Hermione�察�I am
tormented by her most cruelly�察�for she saith that I by secret
enchantment am making her barren and distasteful to her husband�察�and
that I design to take her place in this house�察�ousting her the
rightful mistress by force�察�whereas I at first submitted against my
will and now have resigned my place�察�be almighty Zeus my witness
that it was not of my own free will I became her rival��
But I cannot convince her�察�and she longs to kill me�察�and her
father Menelaus is an accomplice in this。 E'en now is he within��
arrived from Sparta for this very purpose�察�while I in terror am come
to take up position here in the shrine of Thetis adjoining the
house�察�if haply it may save me from death�察�for Peleus and his
descendants hold it in honour as symbol of his marriage with the
Nereid。 My only son am I secretly conveying to a neighbour's house
in fear for his life。 For his sire stands not by my side to lend his
aid and cannot avail his child at all�察�being absent in the land of
Delphi�察�where he is offering recompense to Loxias for the madness he
committed�察�when on a day he went to Pytho and demanded of Phoebus
satisfaction for his father's death�察�if haply his prayer might avert
those past sins and win for him the god's goodwill hereafter。
��The MAID OF ANDROMACHE enters。��
MAID
Mistress mine�察�be sure I do not hesitate to call thee by that
name�察�seeing that I thought it thy right in thine own house also�察�when
we dwelt in Troy´land�察�as I was ever thy friend and thy husband's
while yet he was alive�察�so now have I come with strange tidings�察�in
terror lest any of our masters learn hereof but still out of pity
for thee�察�for Menelaus and his daughter are forming dire plots against
thee�察�whereof thou must beware。
ANDROMACHE
Ah� �kind companion of my bondage�察�for such thou art to her�察�who��
erst thy queen�察�is now sunk in misery�察�what are they doing�拭�What new
schemes are they devising in their eagerness to take away my
wretched life��
MAID
Alas� �poor lady�察�they intend to slay thy son�察�whom thou hast
privily conveyed from out the house。
ANDROMACHE
Ah me� �Has she heard that my babe was put out of her reach�拭�Who
told her�拭�Woe is me� �how utterly undone��
MAID
I know not�察�but thus much of their schemes I heard myself�察�and
Menelaus has left the house to fetch him。
ANDROMACHE
Then am I lost�察�ah�察�my child� �those vultures twain will take and
slay thee�察�while he who is called thy father lingers still in Delphi。
MAID
True�察�for had he been here thou wouldst not have fared so
hardly�察�am sure�察�but�察�as it is�察�thou art friendless。
ANDROMACHE
Have no tidings come that Peleus may arrive��
MAID
He is too old to help thee if he came。
ANDROMACHE
And yet I sent for him more than once。
MAID
Surely thou dost not suppose that any of thy messengers heed thee��
ANDROMACHE
Why should they�拭�Wilt thou then go for me��
MAID
How shall I explain my long absence from the house��
ANDROMACHE
Thou art a woman�察�thou canst invent a hundred ways。
MAID
There is a risk�察�for Hermione keeps no careless guard。
ANDROMACHE
Dost look to that�拭�Thou art disowning thy friends in distress。
MAID
Not so�察�never taunt me with that。 I will go�察�for of a truth a
woman and a slave is not of much account�察�e'en if aught befall me。
��The MAID withdraws。��
ANDROMACHE
Go then�察�while I will tell to heaven the lengthy tale of
lamentation�察�mourning�察�and weeping�察�that has ever been my hard lot��
for 'tis woman's way to delight in present misfortunes even to keeping
them always on her tongue and lips。 But I have many reasons�察�not
merely one for tears�察�my city's fall�察�my Hector's death�察�the
hardness of the lot to which I am bound�察�since I fell on slavery's
evil days undeservedly。 'Tis never right to call a son of man happy��
till thou hast seen his end�察�to judge from the way he passes it how he
will descend to that other world。
��She begins to chant。��
'Twas no bride Paris took with him to the towers of Ilium�察�but
curse to his bed when he brought Helen to her bower。 For her sake��
Troy�察�did eager warriors�察�sailing from Hellas in a thousand ships��
capture and make thee a prey to fire and sword�察�and the son of
sea´born Thetis mounted on his chariot dragged my husband Hector round
the walls�察�ah woe is me� �while I was hurried from my chamber to the
beach�察�with slavery's hateful pall upon me。 And many tear I shed as
I left my city�察�my bridal bower�察�and my husband in the dust。 Woe��
woe is me� �why should I prolong my life�察�to serve Hermione�拭�Her
cruelty it is that drives me hither to the image of the goddess to
throw my suppliant arms about it�察�melting to tears as doth a spring
that gushes from the rock。
��The CHORUS OF PHTHIAN WOMEN enters。��
CHORUS ��singing��
strophe 1
Lady�察�thus keeping thy weary station without pause upon the
floor of Thetis' shrine�察�Phthian though I am�察�to thee a daughter of
Asia I come�察�to see if I can devise some remedy for these perplexing
troubles�察�which have involved thee and Hermione in fell discord��
because to thy sorrow thou sharest with her the love of Achilles' son。
antistrophe 1
Recognize thy position�察�weigh the present evil into the which thou
art come。 Thou art a Trojan captive�察�thy rival is thy mistress�察�a
true´born daughter of Sparta。 Leave then this home of sacrifice�察�the
shrine of our sea´goddess。 How can it avail thee to waste thy
comeliness and disfigure it by weeping by reason of a mistress's harsh
usage�拭�Might will prevail against thee�察�why vainly toil in thy
feebleness��
strophe 2
Come�察�quit the bright sanctuary of the Nereid divine。 Recognize
that thou art in bondage on a foreign soil�察�in a strange city�察�where
thou seest none of all thy friends�察�luckless lady�察�cast on evil days。
antistrophe 2
Yea�察�I did pity thee most truly�察�Trojan dame�察�when thou camest
to this house�察�but from fear of my mistress I hold my peace�察�albeit
I sympathize with thee�察�lest she�察�whom Zeus's daughter bore��
discover my good will toward thee。
��HERMIONE enters�察�in complete royal regalia。��
HERMIONE
With a crown of golden workmanship upon my head and about my
body t
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